Left work early today for a teacher conference. TT is doing awesome, which I already knew. Ran home grabbed the kids, went back to the school for another meeting. PS's class gets to go to camp for 3 days in the spring, so there was in information meeting for parents. I clearly remember doing the same thing when I was in the 5th grade--and having a blast.
I got home to find a message from PS's G/T teacher. PS said she thought she was calling parents for phone conferences.
Not quite. G/T teacher informs me that they reviewed TT's test scores and have decided to admit her into the G/T program. Both twins were tested at the end of last year on the recommendation of their teachers, but were not admitted. This mystified me, because both of their teachers told me that they were certain that they would make the cut. I had a lengthy meeting with the G/T teacher (who I think is a fruitcake anyway), but little came of it.
But our school system introduced a new standardized test that they took into consideration. And TT's new teacher has really been pushing for her admission into the G/T program.
So now one of my identical twins has been admitted, but not the other. How the hell am I supposed to handle this? To make it worse, two of my 3 children have been admitted. I am afraid SS is going to think she is the "dumb kid."
Her test scores are generally lower than her sister's, but only by a few points. On the most recent standardized test, TT was in the 92 percentile and SS was in the 89th. And truly, I don't think that TT is smarter than SS--they just exhibit their intelligence differently.
Stupid fruitcake teacher says to me, "Well, you know each child is an individual." Are you freaking kidding me? I am the mother of identical twins who most people can't tell apart--yet to me their personalities couldn't be more different. I know better than anybody how individual my children are.
Does being a parent ever get easy?
2 comments:
Oh, that is such an awkward place for you and SS. I hope she can enter the program, too, regardless of what the fruitcake says. I never would have even thought of that as an issue for identical twins.
I am a fraternal twin female with a twin brother. I was admitted to the G/T program, but my brother was not. My mom had the same concerns as you, he was equally as 2-3 points below me, not enough to count. My mom had him retested at a separate center (I believe it was Kaplan) and convinced the school to transfer in his scores. We both were in the program. Later, he decided not to take advanced classes like I did (sticking with Honors or basic classes rather than Advanced Placement), but that was his choice much later. And my desire to continue with Advanced English classes and Calculus. I would suggest that--maybe call Kaplan and see if they offer it?
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